Month: January 2019

Peter Enn's new book is simultaneously entertaining and thought-provoking. Herein, I reflect on how Enn's book informs a Latter-Day Saint perspective. #harperonepartner #wisebible #howthebibleactuallyworks

I feel that too often we concern ourselves with if and when Christ forgave the woman in adultery.
But if you drop your stone for a minute and put yourself in her shoes, you recognize the full import of Christ's message here.

Lesson from 4th century Christianity: if someone excommunicates you, you excommunicate them right back.
This book covering the history of Constantine, the Nicene creed, and the Arian heresy is a fascinating mirror in which to reflect on the doctrinal disputes and approaches of our own day.

Irenaeus is the early Church's head of the correlation department.
He wrote Against Heresies as an attempt to checkmate an early Christian heresy, Gnosticism, that put God as one of a long chain of gods (sound familiar?) and considered material existence evil.